Tis’ the season…almost

The games don’t officially tip off until tomorrow, but colleague Jerry Carino and I have long been processing loads and loads of information via emails, phone calls and faxes as we’ve gone bleary-eyed readying extensive preview packages for 61 area hoops teams.

The comprehensive preview packages, which will include feature stories on Gill St. Bernard’s and North Brunswick, hot-of-the-presses preseason Top 10 polls and Preseason All-Area teams will appear in Thursday’s editions of the Courier News and Home News Tribune. Check back here Thursday for the all-encompassing previews.

For this very busy opening weekend’s coverage plans of Jerry Carino and myself, check out his recent post on some interesting rumbling and grumblings state-wide as we creep closer to the real games…

About Joe Martino

Joe Martino has covered Central Jersey news and sports for the Courier News and Home News Tribune since 2009. Currently, he’s an innovative member of the MyCentralJersey.com online news team. He’s lived in Bridgewater his entire life and is a graduate of Ramapo College.

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Joe MartinoJoe Martino has covered Central Jersey news and sports for the Courier News and Home News Tribune since 2009. Currently, he’s an innovative member of the MyCentralJersey.com online news team. He’s lived in Bridgewater his entire life and is a graduate of Ramapo College.E-mail Joe

Mike BeckerMike Becker is a graduate of Rutgers University. He has been working at the Home News Tribune since the spring of 2011. During his time at Rutgers, he covered the school's football, and both the men's and women's basketball teams, for WRSU-FM.E-mail Mike